134 Thus far he has refuted the arguments of Furius, the advocate of injustice. He now shows the reasons why Laelius, who was esteemed most wise, does not worthily maintain the cause of justice, i.e., because he was ignorant of heavenly wisdom. [See cap. xvii. p. 152, supra.]

6 [The ritual use of lights was unknown to primitive Christians, however harmless it may be.]

7 [The ritual use of lights was unknown to primitive Christians, however harmless it may be.]

8 fw=tej. There is here a play on the double meaning of the word-fw=j, a light, and fw/j, a man. Some editions read "fwj nuncupatur."

9 [The ritual use of lights was unknown to primitive Christians, however harmless it may be.]

10 [The Lutherans retain altar-lights in Europe, and their use has never been wholly obsolete in the Anglican churches; but it is evident from our author that "from the beginning it was not so." This is not said with any scruple against their use where it is authorized by competent legislation.]

11 Saginam, thick coarse food, such as that which was given to gladiators.

12 Persius, Sat., ii. 29.

13 [Ad justitiam. In Christian use, it means more than "justice," which is put here by the translator.]

14 [1 John iii. 1-8. The ethical truth of the Gospel was understood and exemplified by the primitive faithful.]

15 [One wonders whether the Duoe Vioe here be not a reference to the "Apost. Constitutions" (book vii.), which, with the Bryennios discovery, will receive attention hereafter.]

16 [Again the Duoe Vioe. See capp. 1 and 5, in (eds. Hitchcock and Brown) the Bryennios ms., pp. 3 and 13.]